On Saturday, 20 April 2024, the KVBW State Championships for U16, U18 and U21 took place in Villingen-Schwenningen. Dhammika Karate-Do took part with four athletes. Melike Cakrak (DKD Abstatt), Steffi and Ruwantha de Silva (Dojo Ditzingen) were there as coaches. As a referee candidate, Dominik de Frenne was also present. Unfortunately, Shihan Athula was not…
We would like to invite you to the KVBW Shito-Ryu Day 2024, which will take place on Saturday, May 11, 2024 in the Langhanssporthalle in 71717 Beilstein. The training lessons will be led by the KVBW Shito-Ryu style referents, Shihan Athula, and the KDNW, Sensei Michael Stenke and Sensei Joachim Wursthorn. The training course starts…
The 10th Dhammika Kids Cup took place on 9 March in the Langhanssporthalle in Beilstein. The Dhammika Kids Cup is an internal association tournament. More than 60 children from nine Dhammika karate dojos including DKD Amorbach in Bavaria, took up the challenge and put their skills to the test during the tournament. As is traditional,…
On 2nd March 2024 this year’s state championships of the competitive class took place in Eppingen. Three of our karatekas, Julia and Kiet Nguyen from Dhammika Karate-Do Kirchheim am Neckar and Philipp Klemm from Dhammika Karate-Do Abstatt, took part in this tournament. As in previous years, Julia competed in the Kata discipline and once again…
On Saturday, 24th February, the first Kyu test of the year took place in the Karl-Koch-Halle in Ditzingen-Hirschlanden. The exam was held under the direction of Uli Hasenknox, head of the karate department, and Shihan Athula Minithanthri, founder of Dhammika Karate-Do. A total of 16 karatekas took part in the exam and demonstrated their skills…
We are pleased to inform you about a special self-defence course with Claudia Werner (3rd DAN) organised by Dhammika Karate-Do Amorbach under the direction of Oxana Traiber and Oleg Osijuk. In this self-defence course, Claudia Werner will teach children and young people practical tips and techniques for protection and self-defence in dangerous situations. The course…
Dear Karatekas and Visitors The Christmas season has begun and the year is slowly coming to an end. It’s time to take a break, calm down and review the past few months. At the same time, it is also a time to look forward to the year ahead. A lot of things have been different…
The International Dhammika Cup, a high-class karate tournament in the region of Heilbronn, took place on November 18, 2023 in Beilstein. Over 200 karateka took part in the tournament and demonstrated their skills in the disciplines of kata, kumite and kobudo, split into different age and weight categories. While the participants from Great Britain, Portugal,…
On September 30, 2023, the German Master Class Championships took place in Dillingen, Saarland (Germany) and was attended by over 200 participants in the Kata and Kumite categories. Stefanie de Silva from the karate department of the SVGG Hirschlanden-Schöckingen in Ditzingen also took part. She competed in the category “Female 30+ Kata”. It was her…
On 18 November 2023, the 22nd International Dhammika Cup took place in Beilstein near Heilbronn. Karate tournaments are an opportunity for karatekas to put their skills to the test, compete against worthy opponents and emerge victorious in the end. The recent tournament in Beilstein was no exception. Many athletes from the Japan Karate-Do Dhammika-Ha Shitoryu…